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Microsoft Launches ElectionGuard Bug Bounty Program
2019-10-22 14:28

Microsoft last week announced the launch of a new bug bounty program covering the ElectionGuard open source software development kit (SDK). read more

Facebook Expands, Enhances Bug Bounty Programs
2019-10-16 13:48

Facebook this week announced an expansion to its bug bounty program for third-party apps, as well as a series of bonuses for bugs in native products. The social platform has been running a bug...

Singapore Ministry of Defence Launches New Bug Bounty Program
2019-10-01 10:44

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is inviting 400 white-hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its systems, as part of a three-week program hosted on hacker-powered pentesting and bug...

HackerOne concludes its bug bounty challenge with the National University of Singapore
2019-09-09 00:00

HackerOne, the number one hacker-powered pentesting and bug bounty platform, announced the successful conclusion of its bug bounty challenge with the National University of Singapore (NUS). NUS is...

Fancy buying a compact and bijou cardboard box home in a San Francisco alley? This $2.5m Android bounty will get you nearly there
2019-09-04 00:22

Bug seller Zerodium boosts payouts for 'droid, slashes iOS prices in half Bug-broker Zerodium says it will cough up as much as $2.5m in exchange for techniques to silently and remotely hijack...

Google throws bug bounty bucks at mega-popular third-party apps
2019-09-02 10:51

Google’s going to throw more bug bounty money at the problem of nasty apps in its Play Store, it announced on Thursday. In a post from the Android Security & Privacy team’s Adam Bacchus, Sebastian...

Six Hackers Have Now Pocketed $1M From Bug Bounty Programs
2019-08-30 15:47

Up to 25 percent of valid vulnerabilities found in bug bounty programs are classified as being of high or critical severity.

Google Targets Data-Abusing Apps with Bug Bounty Launch
2019-08-29 16:30

Google is looking to battle the malicious apps - and apps abusing user data - on Google Play by improving its bug-bounty program arsenal.

Bug Bounty Program Launched for Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
2019-08-27 17:04

The Libra Association, the organization in charge of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has launched a public bug bounty program with rewards of up to $10,000. read more

Steam cleaned of zero-day security holes after Valve turned off by bug bounty snub outrage
2019-08-22 23:14

Security bod may be invited back into vuln reward program, Half-Life 3 still ain't happening Games giant Valve is attempting to make nice with the infosec bod who disclosed zero-day exploits for...